Wollongong musician backs Pirate Party

A Wollongong musician is part of a campaign to get representatives of the Australian Pirate Party voted into federal parliament at the September election.

Simon Frew is Deputy President of the party which now has seven candidates in four states running for office.

The party broadly campaigns information sharing and copyright law reform, but also has policies on environmental and social issues like Coal Seam Gas mining, marriage and a Bill of Rights.

Mr Frew says the party has broad appeal.

"There's a broad range of people who want more access to information and they are the kind of people who want to join, as well as people in IT who understand issues about computers and how information gets shared," he said.